Those are mini cupcakes (with brownie centers) for the burgers, and sliced sugar cookies for the fries. Even better, Bakerella provides the templates to make the baskets & french fry holder for free on her site. (I'm sure you could modify that text for birthdays or other holidays.)

Wow! I'm impressed to see a Dutch cake here, since Dutch and cake are not two words that often go together. They like tarts and pastries, but you rarely see cake, at least that's been my perception after living here for a year. Not that I'm complaining, because their desserts are pretty tasty and I can make my own cake when necessary.

The Dutch cake seems to have been made by "Lieselotte" (which is probably a screen name), whose name also appears under other cake photos on that site. "De Leukste Taarten" means, roughly, "The Nicest Cakes" and the site features recipes and photos sent in by members and viewers/readers.

Gah. I hate cakes that are made to look like other foodstuffs. I don't see why you're giving the usually talented bakerella a pass when you generally ridicule burger cakes. They're disgusting, even when well made. Yuck.

Anywho, everything is amazing. I cannot imagine the time it took to "knit" that sweater. And I saw the hamburgers and fries on Bakerella when she first posted them and I thought they were absolutely adorable.

Eating foods when you expect one taste and get another is probably why people don't like foods that look like other foods. Vision is part of tasting by kind of alerting the brain as to what's coming.. Try eating things with a blindfold, and you probably wouldn't like your food as much.

Those are all wonderful, but the cupcake & cookie burgers & fries takes the...uh...cake! Impossibly cute and so creative. The work that went into all of these is astonishing, esp. the piping on that sweater cake!

Lol I'm the opposite, I find the disembodied shirts and ties, though well executed, a little creepy but the burger cupcakes are cute! They're not all gross like usual burger cakes cause they're not mounds of gooey melting frosting. If you look at the template she cut the cupcake in half and used brownies for the burger, so it's mostly cake instead of frosting trying to look like cake. Very clever, very cute! I may have to make some for 4th of July though I doubt they'll be as perfect as hers.

I'm not a troll because I think that something that LOOKS like a burger with ketchup and mustard and TASTES like a brownie with sugary icing is gross. I usually love bakerella's stuff. I saw exactly how she made them. Each part looks delish. But the end result is disgusting.

blindfold me and I'm sure it would be delicious. but it looks gross. Period.

Ms Avery said... "...All I gave my dad is a box of chocolates; I now feel like the worst daughter ever."*********Whoa there, Little Missy! Does your Dad love CHOCOLATE? (I mean he's not a Martian or anything, right?) Did he or did he not give you LIFE?Now, do you remember Forrest Gump? He always said, "Life is like a boxachoclates."SO: Your DAD = LIFE & YOU LIFE = CHOCOLATE & YOU & your DAD! It's perfect!!There you go. I call it "inventive reasoning.">^--^<

I think that the sweater cake is adorable, really--but I do agree that it's a little too shiny for yarn. The leathery-looking tie goes nicely with the leather buttons; nice touch. All we need now is a Dad-ish-looking, 50's- vintage pipe, and a pair of horn-rimmed eyeglasses strewn about to complete the look. Okay, and maybe a pair of slippers. Father Knows Best, ya know? (Google it, ya babies!)=^--^=

I am sooo making my brother the burger and fries for his birthday. They're awesome. How creative! (And it will give him the oppty to give me a hard time about my vegetarian ways, so really it's a double present.)

The sweater is brilliant! Yes, I could've done with a more matte finish on the icing, too. But heaven's to Betsy, the execution--simply flawless!

I think Bakerella's hamburger and fries are the most darling thing she's done yet! Even more than the little lambs, and that's a level of adorableness I couldn't achieve in a bazillion years.

If I thought my all-thumbs-self could ever attempt any of Baker's wonderful designs, I think these would be it. I mean, even if you goof them up... Brownies! Cupcakes! Sugar cookies! Well, let's just say there'd be plenty to console yourself with. :)

I saw those burgers and fries and had to make some. It was actually REALLY easy! And btw, they DO taste good! I ate it all together (which is what my dad did) and I also ate it separately (the top, then the brownie, then the bottom) and its yummy (and messy!) both ways. Totally cute though. My dad loved them :)

Nobody commented on the beautiful tie-cake w/the single rose on the shirt and more on the plate? The woman's cakes are fantastic and lovely. Does she sell her cakes or work for a bakery? Anyone know the location?

She has an artist's eye. Just gorgeous - I'd like to devour a piece of any of her cakes.

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